魏安妮 An-Ni Wei

魏安妮，高雄人，畢業於美國新英格蘭音樂院（New England Conservatory）作曲研究所、國立臺灣師範大學音樂系理論作曲組，師事John Mallia、Michael Gandolfi及金希文教授。作品涵括當代器樂、即時電聲、影像配樂及音樂劇作曲。創作之作品關注臺灣當代社會議題及歷史事件，以期用音樂及多媒體作為和聽眾溝通的管道。參與配樂之實驗影像作品《A Solitude Quartet》、《Rabbit Hole》獲海外歐美影展獎項肯定、音樂劇作品《陳家聲二人演唱會》獲得2020年台北藝穗節最佳喜劇/歌舞劇獎項。

近期演出經歷：多媒體影像、電聲及人聲作品《聽講...（Thiann-Kóng...） 》於New England Conservatory Multimedia Festival首演；單簧管、小號及鋼琴三重奏作品《The Moment》於New England Conservatory Jordan Hall首演。

音樂劇經歷包括：陳家聲工作室《陳家聲2人演唱會》作曲、台南人劇團《藍鯨遊戲》作曲、瘋戲樂工作室《台灣有個好萊塢》音樂助理及音效執行。

An-Ni Wei is a Taiwanese composer. Her composition includes modern instrumental music, real-time electro-acoustic music, film music, and musical theater. Her artistic focus revolves around Taiwan's contemporary social issues and historical events, hoping to use music and multimedia as a way to communicate with the audience. The experimental short films "A Solitude Quartet" and "Rabbit Hole" that she participated as a film music composer won awards at overseas experimental film festivals, and the musical "Garson Chen Mini Concert：Duet" won the comedy/musical within a comedy/musical category to perform at 2020 Taipei Fringe Festival.

Recent of scholarships from the New England Conservatory and the Administer of Education Taiwan, An-Ni received degrees in composition from the New England Conservatory (MM, 2022) and National Taiwan Normal University (BM, 2020), where her principal teacher were Dr. John Mallia and Dr. Gordon Shi-Wen Chin.

【參賽作品】沙韻之路 The Last Path of Sayun

1937年中日戰爭爆發，南澳武塔泰雅族少女沙韻（Sayun Hayun）奉派協同當時在南澳任教的日本員警田北正記前往戰場。兩人在下山途中遭遇颱風，溪水暴漲，而沙韻不幸落水。

事件過後，沙韻的犧牲被日方渲染成「愛國行為」，改寫成歌曲及電影為眾人所知，而史實則漸漸被淡忘。後來，沙韻生長的部落因方便日方管理遷至山下，沙韻的部落、曾經就讀的學校逐漸淹沒荒草之中，而她身前走過、最後一段通往山下的路也因人跡罕至而埋沒。

2009年，作家林克孝開始古道探查，並將與原住民青年、耆老一同找尋古道及舊部落的過程出版成書《找路：月光．沙韻．Klesan》，出版後卻在一次探勘時不幸失足，長眠山林。

本作品以沙韻的故事及閱讀《找路：月光．沙韻．Klesan》的靈感創作成曲，紀念沙韻及作家林克孝，並致敬這些傾心這塊土地、踏查山林並書寫成冊的人們。

 In 1937, the Sino-Japanese War erupted. Sayun Hayun, a Tayal tribe girl, was assigned to accompany her teacher, Takeda Kitaki, to the Chinese battlefield. During their descent from the mountains, they encountered a typhoon. As they crossed the Wuta South Creek, faced with a sudden rise in water levels, Sayun fell into the water and went missing.

 Following the incident, the Japanese authorities portrayed the disappearance of Sayun as a "patriotic act." In addition to establishing the Sayun Bell in Nan'ao Township, her story was rewritten into songs and films, gradually overshadowing the reality that was slowly being forgotten. In the late Japanese colonial period, the original Wuta tribe, where the girl grew up, was relocated to the foothills for easier Japanese administration. Sayun's tribe and the school she attended were gradually engulfed by overgrown grass, and the last stretch of the path she walked downhill became obscured due to its infrequent use.

 In 2009, Lin Ke-Xiao, a Taiwanese writer and economist, embarked on an exploration of ancient trails, documenting the process of searching for old paths and former tribal settlements along with indigenous youth and elders. The resulting book, "Finding the Way: Moonlight, Sayun, Klesan" was published but tragically, after the publication, Lin lost his footing during one exploration and rests in the mountains forever.

 This composition takes inspiration from Taiwan’s indigenous girl Sayun's story and the reflections after reading "Finding the Way: Moonlight, Sayun, Klesan" It pays homage to those who dedicated themselves to Taiwan's history, exploration, and writing, including the predecessors, elders, and the late writer Ke-Xiao Lin.

2023.12.11